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Entity Relationship Model

The document discusses the key concepts of an entity relationship (ER) model including entities, attributes, relationships, entity sets, relationship sets, and attribute sets. Entities represent real-world objects, entity sets are collections of similar entities, attributes provide information about entities, and relationship sets define connections between different entity sets. The ER model uses these basic elements to conceptualize relationships within a domain.

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Entity Relationship Model

The document discusses the key concepts of an entity relationship (ER) model including entities, attributes, relationships, entity sets, relationship sets, and attribute sets. Entities represent real-world objects, entity sets are collections of similar entities, attributes provide information about entities, and relationship sets define connections between different entity sets. The ER model uses these basic elements to conceptualize relationships within a domain.

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ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODEL

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Introduction The building blocks: entities, relationships, and attributes Entity Entity set Attributes set Attributes Types Relationship Set Relationship Type
SUMMARY OF ER-DIAGRAM NOTATION FOR ER SCHEMAS University ER Diagram

The ER model:

There are 3 basic notification Entities and Entity Set Attribute Set Relationship Set

The E-R model consider the real world consisting of a basic object. It is expressed in terms of entities in the business environment, the relationships among those entities and the attributes (properties) of both the entities and their relationships.

Entity- An entity is thing or object in a real world that is distinguishable from all other object.

Entity Set An entity set is a set of entities of same type that share the same properties or attributes.

Attribute SetAn entity is represented by set of attributes. Attributes may also be associated with relationships

Types of Attribute Single Attribute- Composed of single component Composite Attribute- Composed of multiple component Single Valued Attribute- Single valued for single entity Multi valued Attribute- Multiple values for single entity

Drive Attribute- Derived from the value of related attribute

Relationship SetRelationship between two entities and attributes

Types of Relationship:
1:1 Relationship
1:M Relationship
M:M Relationship

SUMMARY OF ER-DIAGRAM NOTATION FOR ER SCHEMAS

University ER Diagram

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